Engine problem prompts return of flight to Lindbergh Field

San Diego  An Alaska Airlines flight en route to Los Cabos, Mexico, returned to Lindbergh Field minutes after take-off Sunday morning when pilots noticed problems with one of the engines.

Shortly after flight 232 left San Diego at 10:04 a.m. one of the engines on the 737 showed signs of overheating, said Bobbie Egan, spokeswoman for Alaska Airlines.

"Pilots are trained for this and followed standard operating procedures to safely turn off one of the engines," she said.

The plane landed at Lindbergh at 10:52 a.m., and 157 passengers and six crew members exited the plane, Egan said. An aircraft was being sent from Seattle to ferry the passengers to Los Cabos at 5:20 p.m..